quanto custa

Portuguese

Portuguese phrasebook

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Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃.tu ˈkus.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃.tu ˈkuʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃.to ˈkus.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ̃.tu ˈkuʃ.tɐ/

Phrase

quanto custa?

how much does it cost?
Synonym: quanto é?
- 1866, “Compradores nocturnos e vendedor tenebroso” (chapter VII), in Machado de Assis, transl., Os Trabalhadores do Mar, part I, book V, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. Perseverança, translation of Les Travailleurs de la mer by Victor Hugo (in French), page 209:
  — Mas quanto custa?
  — Seis canos são seis luizes.
  [original: — Eh bien, combien?
  — Six canons, c’est six louis.]
  — But how much does it cost?
  — Six barrels are six louises.